District Census Handbook, Gandhinagar, Part X-C-II, Series-5
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PART X-C-II CENSUS 1971 (with off Prints of Part X-C-I) ANALYTICAL REPORT ON CENSUS AND RELATED STATISTICS SOCIO-ECONOMIC SERIES-S & GUJARAT CULTURAL TABLES , (RURAL AREAS) AND HOUSING TABLES DISTRICT GANDHINAGAR CENSUS HANDBOOK DISTRICT c. C. DOCTOR of the fndian Administrative Service Director of Census Operations Gujarat CENSlJs OF INDIA 1971 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Census of India 1971-Series-S-Gujarat is being published in the following parts: Central Government Publications Part Subject covered Number I-A General Report I-B Detailed Analysis of the Demographic, Social. Cultural and Migration Patterns I-C Subsidhry Tables II-A General Population Tables ('A' Series) II-B Economic Tables ('B' Series) II-C (i) Distribution of Populationj Mother Tongue and Religion, Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes I1-C (ii) Other Social & Cultural Tables and Fertility Tables, Tables on Household Com position, Single Year Age, Marital Status, Educational Levels, Scheduled Caste& & Scheduled Tribes, etc., Bilingualism III Establishments Report and Tables ('E' Series) IV-A Housing Report and Housing Subsidiary Tables; IV-13 Housing Tables V Special Tables and Ethnographic Notes on Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes VI-A Town Directory VI-B Special Survey Report on Selected Towns VI-C Survey Report on Stlected Villages VII Special Report on Graduate and Technical Personnel VIII-A Administration Report-Enumeration } For official use 9.i).lr VIII-B Administration Report-Tabulation IX Census Atlas State Government Publications DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK X-A Town and Village Directory X-B Village and Townwise Primary Census Abstract X-C-I Departmental Statistics and Full Count Census Tables X-C-II Analytic 1 l~t'port 011 Cellsu,,; and l<elated Statistics, Socio Economic and Cultural Tables (1\ural Areas), and Housing Tables X-C-II (Supplement) Urban Sample Tlt le~ CONTENTS PAGES PREFACE i-ii I. ANALYTICAL REPORT ON CENSUS AND RELATED STATISTICS A. INTRCDUCTION 3-10 (I) History of District Census Handbook, (2) Scope of District Census Handbook, (3) Definitions and Concepts B. LOCATION AND PHYSICAL FEATURES 10-11 (1) Location, (2) Physiography, (3) Soils, (4) Forests, (5) Minerals, (6) Rivers, (7) Climate, Temperature and Rainfall C. ADMINISTRATIVE SET-UP 11-14 (l)Administrative Divisions, (2) Revenue, (3) Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies and election (4) Judiciary, (5) Police, (6) Jails, (7) Local Self Government D. TERRITORIAL AND OTHER CHANGES 14 , (l) Territorial changes, (2) Opening of New Areas for SettlcmcDt of Population (3) Growth or Decay of Urban Centres, (4) Changes in Funeti.l'Ial Category of Towns E. MAJOR EVENTS 14 (I) Scarcity F. ECONOMIC AND OTHER ACTIVITIES DURING THE DJ~CADE 15-26 (I) AgricultUre, (2) Irrigation, (3) Agricultural Produce Markets, (4) Co-operation, (5) Warehouses, (6) Livestock and Animal Husbandry, (7) Industry, (8) Trade and Commerce, (9) Electricity and Power, (10) Transport and Communications, (11) Prices, (12) Banking, (13) Education, (14) Medical and Public Health, (15) Agrarian Reforms and Agrarian Developments. G. DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DURING THE DECADE 26-38 (1) General, (2) Densi~y and Decadal Changes in Population, (3) Sex Ratio, (4) Household Size, (5) Urban Population, (6) Houseless Population, (7) Institutional Population, (8) Growth of Population, (9) Average Size of Village, (10) Population by Age-groups (I I) Literacy, (12) Mother Tongue, (13) Religion, (14) Workers and Non-Workers, (15) Scheduled Castes, (16) Scheduled Tribes. (17) Establishments, (18) Housin, H. SETTLEMENT PATTERN AND SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHY (Including Tables) 38-40 (1) Rural Areas, (2) Urban Areas. H.I Distribution of villages with reference to area in hectares 41 H.2 Distribution of inhabited villages by selected amenities, infrastructural and land use data, with refelence to distance from nearest town 41 H.3 Distribution of inhabited villages by selected demographic characteristics and distance from nearest town 42 HA Average- sv;e of villages by distance range from nearest town by size class 43 H.5 Distribution of inhabited villages by size class of population having selected servicing institutions and demographic characteristics 43 H.6 Medical and Postal facilities per 100 km.2 of rural area at taluka level 44 H.7 Distribution of villages by density per km.2 and average distance from nearest town 44 H.8 Distribution of inhabited villages by proportion of iichoduled castes &nd scheduled tribes population and density of population 44 H.9 Ranking of villages of different size classes by amenity scores 44 H.lO Selected demographic and related characteristics of Gandhinagar town 1971 44 III PAGES II TABLES 1-30 SECTION-I DEPARTMENTAL STATISTICS (Detailed contents are given on pages iii and iv in Part II Tables) 31-94 SECTION-II CENSUS TABLES BASED ON FULL COUNT (Detailed contents are given on pages v and vi in Part II Tables) SECTION-III SOCIO ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL TABLES 95-143 (RURAL AREAS) AND HOUSING TABLES Explanatory Dote to Sample Census Tables " B-Economic Tables Netc 98-9~ Table B-IIJ Part D Classification of workers and non-workers according to main activity by educational level. in rural areas only. 100-101 Table B-IV Part A Industrial Classification of persons at work other than at cultivation as main activit, by sex and divisions, major groups and minor groups (Rural) 101-103 Appendht-Distribution of workers in manufacturing, processing, servicing and repairs by household industry and non-household industry (Rural) 104-106 Table B-VI Part B (i) Occupational classification of persons at worle according to main activity other than cultivation by sex and age groups in rural areas only 107-115 ANNEXURE-National Classification of Occupations 116-117 Table B-VI Part B (ii) Occupational classification of persons at work according to main activity other than cultivation classified by sex and educational levels in rural areas only 118-121 Table B-VII Secondary work i.e. Persons having main activity (i) Cultivators, (ii) agricultural labourers, (iii) household industry, (iv) non-househOld industry and (v) non-workers classified by sex and by secondary work (i) household industry, (if) cultivator, (iii) agricultural labourer or (iv) non-household industry, trade, business or service (Rural) 122 Table B-VIII Persons classified as non-workers according to main activity cross-classified by sex, age croups and type of activity (Rural) 122 C-Social and Cultural Tables Note 123 Table C-I1 Age and Marital Status 124-115 Table C-I1I Part-A Age, Sex and Education in rural areal 114-1l5 D-Migration Tables Note 127 Table D-I Population classified by place of birth (Rural) 128-129 Appendix-I Persons born in other districts of the State and enumerated in this district 130 Appendix-II Persons born in this district but enumerated in other districts of the Sta~e 131 Table D-VI Migrants classified by place of last residence age group. duration of residence and marital atatus (Rural) 132-137 H-Housiog Tables Note 139 Table H-I Census Houses and the uses to which they are put 140-141 Table H-U Distribution of Census Houses hy predominant material of wall and predominant material of roof 140-141 Appendix-Distribution of residential Census Houses by material of wall cross classified by material of roof 142 Table H-IJI Census Households classified by number of members and by number of rooms occl:lpied 143 Tabl. H-IV Households classified by size and tenure itatus 143 IV PREFACE The District Census Hand Book Volumes of 1971 The analysis of whatever data was available to us. were divided into three parts. Part A contained the was completed at the time I was about to leave the town and village directories and B contained the Urban Census Organisation in March 1974. But the task was Block and viIIagewise Primary Census abstracts. These incomplete. It had to be supplemented by additional two parts were brought out within a record time of analysis of further data as and when it became available one year after the taking of the Census. Part C-I after the sample tables were compiled. The Census containing the departmental statistics and the full count Organisation was also being slowly wound up at this Census tables was also published within six months of stage, and it was posing a very serious problem in my the first publications named above. mind as to how the work already done could be well rounded and properly supplemented after I had left The sample tables took a little longer time, as the and the organisation shrunk to the intercensal level. mechanical data processing for urban areas, which was Shri P. B. Buch, Director of the Bureau of Economics first to be done at the national level could not be and Statistics came to my rescue at this stage and completed untill the tables for all the States were recei promised to take over the loose threads and weave them ved, checked and cleared by the Registrar General. into a strong and fine yarn from the moment the want India. It was for this reason that his special permis ing data became available. What is now presented in sion was obtained to publish the available data as part this volume in the form of analytical essays is the C-I so as not to withhold from the scholars, adminis combined effort of the Census Organisation and the trators and planners what was already compiled and State Bureau of Economics and Statistics. Shri Buch ready for publication. has taken great pains, not only in interpretation of fresh data, but also in going through the interpretations The present combined volume C-I, C-II contains done before he stepped in and made valuable sugges in addition to what has been already published separa tions for reducing the bulk of the present volume.